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So SunRail ridership numbers were down again in September, as Dan Tracy reports here. That's interesting. As with the July-to-August drop I didn't notice that the cars were less crowded in September than the previous month. But that's just me on my daily route from DeBary to the downtown Lynx station. Assuming the numbers are down, what could be the reasons? School has resumed, resulting in fewer leisure passengers? SunRail's not getting accurate counts? There could be other factors at work. Gas prices, for example, have dropped significantly. Some gas stations are posting prices nearing that magical mark of $3 a gallon. Gas at 3 bucks a gallon changes the math when...

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So SunRail ridership numbers were down again in September, as Dan Tracy reports here.
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Ridership on the SunRail commuter train fell for a third straight month in September, dropping to a weekday average of just over 3,000 passengers.
That represents a decline of 15 percent from August, which decreased 13 percent from July's average of...

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